Which is more profitable, Monster Beverage or Target?

Monster Beverage keeps more of every sale as profit.

Which grows faster, Monster Beverage or Target?

Monster Beverage grew its sales faster in recent years.

Which is cheaper, Monster Beverage or Target?

Target costs less for each unit of yearly profit (lower P/E).

Which has less debt, Monster Beverage or Target?

Monster Beverage would need fewer years of earnings to pay off its debt.

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Monster Beverage vs Target stock

Side by side in plain words: who keeps more of its sales, grows faster, costs less and owes less.

In one sentence

Monster Beverage is more profitable, grows faster and has less debt. Target is cheaper for its profits.

Side by side

	Monster Beverage	Target
	$90.9 billion	$73.3 billion
	23.0%	3.5%
	+12.5%	+2.3%
	47.7×	19.8×
	Net cash	1.8 years
	23.7%	11.6%
	–	3.7%

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How we compare

Four contests with the same rules as each stock page: profit kept from sales (higher wins), yearly sales growth across the last reports, up to five years (higher wins), price per unit of yearly profit (lower P/E wins; a company without profit loses) and debt in years of earnings (lower wins). A winner is only named when both companies have the number.

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